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Seneca Regional Park

Potomac Heritage Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 156 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Potomac Heritage Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Lowes Island, VA. It is mostly level, with 156 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 371 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.04591, -77.36445
Nearest town Lowes Island, VA
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Potomac Heritage Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 156 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 185–372 ft

Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.04591, -77.36445

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading E.
  7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, no color, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Connect unblazed trail to Green Trail North, heading NW.
  11. 500 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/potomac-heritage-trail-out-back-9-km-3ad8

Trail surface

69% dirt7% paved6% gravel18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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